US Patent Issued on Aug. 4 for "Stepped rotary broaches and methods and systems employing same" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,670, issued on Aug. 4.

"Stepped rotary broaches and methods and systems employing same" was invented by David Halpin (Cape Coral, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stepped rotary broaches, and systems and methods employing such broaches, are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a stepped rotary broach includes a contact portion integrally formed with or coupled to a support portion. The contact portion includes a face and a periphery. The periphery includes an outer surface and a plurality of step formations, where each of the step formations extends between the face and a respective location along the periphery at which the...